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Zusatztext 'Explodes the idea that the intellectual foundations of the Renaissance were exclusively logical and coherent, and lets back the mysterious into history.' – BBC History Magazine 'Among those who have explored the intellectual world of the sixteenth century no one in England can rival Miss Yates. Wherever she looks, she illuminates. Now she has looked on Bruno. This brilliant book takes time to digest, but it is an intellectual adventure to read it. Historians of ideas, of religion and of science will study it. Some of them, after reading it, will have to think again. That will be no bad thing.' – The New Statesman Informationen zum Autor Dame Frances Yates (1899-1981). Brought about the revival of interest in the historical role of the occult sciences. Klappentext In 1600, renagade philosopher and theologian Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome. His crime was to preach a doctrine of brotherhood, peace and free love. Four centuries later, he is known as the Prophet of the New Age. Zusammenfassung In 1600, renagade philosopher and theologian Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome. His crime was to preach a doctrine of brotherhood, peace and free love. Four centuries later, he is known as the Prophet of the New Age. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction J. B. Trapp 1. Hermes Trismegistus 2. Ficino’s Pimander and the Asclepius 3. Hermes Trismegistus and Magic 4. Ficino’s Natural Magic 5. Pico della Mirandola and Cabalist Magic 6. Pseudo-Dionysius and the Theology of a Christian Magus 7. Cornelius Agrippa’s Survey of Renaissance Magic 8. Renaissance Magic and Science 9. Against Magic: (1) Theological Objections; (2) The Humanist Tradition 10. Religious Hermetism in the Sixteenth Century 11. Giordano Bruno: First Visit to Paris 12. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Reform 13. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Philosophy 14. Giordano Bruno and the Cabala 15. Giordano Bruno: Heroic Enthusiast and Elizabethan 16. Giordano Bruno: Second Visit to Paris 17. Giordano Bruno in Germany 18. Giordano Bruno: Last Published Work 19. Giordano Bruno: Return to Italy 20. Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella 21. After Hermes Trismegistus was Dated 22. Hermes Trismegistus and the Fludd Controversies. Index ...
